Boles v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

The law reports are replete with cases in which patrons of mercantile establishments have been injured by slipping and falling on the floors or stairways of such establishments and have later instituted actions for damages against the owners or operators on the ground that such floors or stairways were negligently constructed or maintained. Cases of this type sometimes involve narrow distinctions and a decision in each case depends largely on the facts of the particular case.

This court has considered and decided a number of such cases and has announced and adopted certain general rules to be…